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A view of the main street (looking towards St. Joseph’s Church) in Clifden, County Galway, in about 1950.

An image of the ornate gardens and lake at Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan.

An image of a thatched cottage near Rosslare in County Wexford in about 1950.

An image of construction work on the Pollaphuca (Poulaphouca) electricity generating station in County Wicklow. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads 'Poulaphouca Water Scheme / unfinished / awaiting completion / showing turbines'. The photograph is credited to Frank O'Brien, Fermoy, County Cork.

Consecration of the Most Rev. Dom. Stanislaus Hickey OCSO at Mount Melleray Cistercian Abbey in County Waterford.

A scene from a mass gathering held in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, on 23 June 1929 to mark the centenary of Catholic Emancipation. The caption to the photograph indicates that an individual had fainted (on what was, by all accounts, a very warm day) and required some medical assistance.

An image of Edward Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin, blessing the foundation stone for the Church of Saint Anne in Shankill in County Dublin. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads: 'Laying the foundation stone of new Dublin church / 27 July 1931 / The Archbishop of Dublin yesterday blessed and laid the foundation stone for the new Church of St. Anne at Shankill, Dublin / The Archbishop of Dublin praying at the foot of the cross surrounded by a huge congregation'. The photograph is credited to Keystone View Company, 12 Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London.

A view of pilgrims at Saint Patrick's Basilica on Station Island on Lough Derg in County Donegal.

An image of the Corpus Christi procession leaving the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Clonmel in County Tipperary. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ' Corpus Christi Procession, 1938 / The impressive scene as the Blessed Sacrament preceded by altar boys leaving Saints Peter and Paul, Clonmel to head the annual procession'. The photograph is credited to M.A. Keating, Clonmel, County Tipperary.

An image of the large congregation at a Pontifical Mass held in the Phoenix Park during the 31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. Members of religious congregations and the clergy are visible in the photograph.